Up for Auction: Snapshots of Jackie Kennedy in India and Pakistan
By Tariro Mzezewa
Oct. 10, 2019
When Jacqueline Kennedy and her younger sister, Lee Radziwill, began a tour of India and Pakistan in March 1962, the first lady was described in Life magazine as “arguably the most famous woman in the world.”
In India, crowds gathered to see Mrs. Kennedy in Jaipur, New Delhi and Fatehpur Sikri. In Pakistan, she was welcomed by people lining the streets of Lahore, Karachi and the Khyber Pass.
The sisters spent two weeks in the countries, and were photographed riding camels and elephants, on a boat ride along the Ganges, at a horse and cattle show and at black-tie dinners with politicians, diplomats and other dignitaries.
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and her sister, Lee Radziwill, ride a camel through the grounds of President Mohammad Ayub Khan’s residence in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill with Braj Kumar Nehru, the Indian Ambassador to the United States.
Beginning on Friday, Mrs. Radziwill’s personal photo albums of the trip will be on display at Christie’s New York, a week ahead of an auction of jewelry, fine art, books, decorative arts and other memorabilia (including the albums) from her home in New York City. Mrs. Radziwill died of natural causes in her home on Feb. 16. She was 85.
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Excellent photos!
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Can you imagine Melania on a camel? Even though side-saddle seems a bit awkward, especially in heels and pearls. Crowds lined the streets to cheer and throw flowers.
Jackie Kennedy was pure class. Melania is classless.
"In the 1960s, Mr. Rendell said, first ladies did not typically play roles in American relations elsewhere in the world. Mrs. Radziwill’s photographs, however, show Mrs. Kennedy and her sister with Prime Minister Nehru and others in semi-official situations. “This type of diplomacy has almost disappeared,” he said. “I think it’s a pity, because they projected a certain version of American culture.”"
Love the formal white gloves.
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I would think these original photos would be preserved in archives somewhere? Article does not say.